Blaque/OUT Magazine FEB 2022

FEB 22 – MAR 20 Wilson Stage

By Christina Anderson Directed by Daniel J. Bryant The ‘60s-era paperback novels of a queer Black feminist challenge and inspire four artists in 2014 as they tangle with the past and with each other.

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HIV and African American People Black/African American* people made up 42% (16,002)‡ of the 37,968 NEW HIV DIAGNOSES in the US and dependent areas† in 2018.

42%

Among Black/African American people, most new HIV diagnoses were among men.

Men (N=11,905) ** Male-to-Male Sexual Contact

Heterosexual Contact

79% (9,444)

Heterosexual Contact Injection Drug Use

Women (N=4,097) **

Injection Drug Use

15% (1,739)

Other ††

4% (436)

92% (3,758) 8% (313) 1% (26)

0%

Male-to-Male Sexual Contact and Injection Drug Use

2% (268)

Other ††

<1% (18)

0%

100%

100%

Good progress has been made with reducing HIV diagnoses among most age groups, with HIV diagnoses decreasing 7% among Black/African American people overall from 2014 to 2018.

Trends by Age ††

Trends by Sex 2014

13,000

2018

2014

2018

6,000

7%

6% 17%

7% 10% 0

† ‡ ** †† ‡‡

7%

0 Men

*

17%

Women

13 to 24

25 to 34

35 to 44

45 to 54

Black refers to people having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa. African American is a term often used for people of African descent with ancestry in North America. This fact sheet uses African American, unless referencing surveillance data.

Adult and adolescent Black/African American people aged 13 and older.

American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the Republic of Palau, and the US Virgin Islands.

Based on sex assigned at birth and includes transgender people.

Includes perinatal exposure, blood transfusion, hemophilia, and risk factors not reported or not identified.

Does not include perinatal and other transmission categories.

55 and older